Hedgehog in Purples Beaver The original dress is held

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1981

It is stitched onto cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

This design is based on an American dinner or evening dress from 1831-1835

accented with silver paper and an acrylic rhinestone

One of my favourite things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions

Hedgehog in Purples Beaver The original dress is heldThe only reason I dont have a pet hedgehog is because then Id have to keep mealworms around, andick! Luckily, my stitched paper hedgies dont need to be fed, so they are much less maintenance than a real one. They are covered in a gazillion wee stitched spikes, and have little glass bead eyes. Based on a 1774 illustration of Erinaceus europaeus (European, or Common Hedgehog) from Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur. The hedgehog is 4. 25